Purposes for which may expend. SEC. 3. The moneys hereby appropriated may be used by the officers of the Michigan state horticultural society for procuring lectures, or in such manner as in the judgment of the said board will best promote the horticultural interests of the state; also in the work of collecting material, securing cuts for illustrations and in preparation of the copy of the reports of said society for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Section amended. Section added. High school defined. [No. 251.] AN ACT to amend section four of act number sixty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of tuition in and transportation to another district, of children who have completed the eighth grade in any school district; and to repeal act number one hundred ninety of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand eight hundred thirtythree of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, and to add a new section to stand as section four-a. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. Section four of act number sixty-five of the public acts of nineteen hundred nine, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of tuition in and transportation to another district, of children who have completed the eighth grade in any school district; and to repeal act number one hundred ninety of the public acts of nineteen hundred three, and all other acts and parts of acts in anywise contravening the provisions of this act," being section five thousand eight hundred thirty-three of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended and a new section is hereby added, said amended section and added section to read as follows: SEC. 4. A high school shall be an approved graded school maintaining twelve grades of work with at least three teachers devoting their entire teaching time to the work of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades, or at least two teachers devoting their entire teaching time to the work of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades, or a nine grade school with at least one teacher devoting his entire teaching time to the work of the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, or a ten grade school with at least one teacher devoting his entire teaching time to the work of the ninth and tenth grades, or the eighth, ninth and tenth grades. A high school as herein defined shall not be obliged to pay the tuition of its pupils to another high school until such pupils have finished the high school grades maintained in their own district. The district board in any school district not maintaining an approved high school shall pay the tuition of its pupils who have satisfactorily passed the eighth grade as hereinafter specified to any approved high school in this state. state. SEC. 4-a. In a border state, the nearest and the next nearest School in approved high schools by the nearest traveled road to the border residence of a parent or guardian of children of this state, qualified to have their tuition paid as provided in this act, shall be considered legal high schools to which school boards of school districts not maintaining a legal high school shall be permitted to pay high school tuition: Provided, That if Proviso. this section shall be declared unconstitutional by the courts, it shall not be construed to invalidate the provisions of any other section of this act. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 252.] AN ACT to make appropriations for various state institutions for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, for land, buildings, improvements and equipment therefor. The People of the State of Michigan enact: state institu SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general Appropriafund for the several state institutions as hereinafter specified tions for for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred tions. twenty-six, the sum of sixty-seven thousand two hundred fifty dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, the sum of fifty. thousand five hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Expenditures, when made. Warrants, when issued. Each of the above named said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board. SEC. 2. The state administrative board shall determine the times when and the amounts thereof which the condition of the general fund of the state will warrant making expenditures therefrom against the appropriations herein authorized. SEC. 3. Upon the orders of the state administrative board the auditor general shall issue his warrants upon the state treasurer for such sums as shall be allowed by said board, not exceeding in all the appropriations authorized in this bill. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Approved May 13, 1925. Amounts and purposes. [No. 253.] AN ACT to make appropriations for the industrial school for boys, for the fiscal years ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and June thirty, nineteen hundred twentyseven, for maintenance and operation. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the industrial school for boys, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-six, the sum of three hundred twenty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, the sum of three hundred twenty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars, for the purposes and in the specific amounts as follows: Total personal service...... $157,000.00 $157,000.00 Supplies, materials and contractual service Equipment Totals 152,400.00 152,400.00 18,300.00 18,300.00 $327,700.00 $327,700.00 Each of said amounts shall be used solely for the specific purposes herein stated, subject to the general supervisory control of the state administrative board: Provided, That all Proviso. food raised on the farm is also hereby appropriated to said institution for such purpose: Provided further, That the Further proceeds from the sales of surplus food and supplies shall proviso. be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund. The amounts hereby appropriated shall be paid out How paid of the state treasury at such times and in such manner as is out. or may be provided by law. SEC. 3. All fees or other moneys .received by said indus- Fees, etc. trial school for boys shall be forwarded to the state treasurer each month and shall be by said treasurer deposited in the state treasury to be disbursed in such manner and for such purposes as may be provided by law. SEC. 4. The auditor general shall incorporate in the state Tax clause. tax for the years nineteen hundred twenty-five and nineteen hundred twenty-six, sufficient amounts to reimburse the general fund for the appropriations hereby made. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. [No. 254.] AN ACT making an appropriation for securing and distributing war devices and trophies. The People of the State of Michigan enact: devices, etc. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any Appropriamoneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the ton for war sum of ten thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to be expended under the direction of the quartermaster general of Michigan, subject to the general super visory control of the state administrative board, for secur- This act is ordered to take immediate effect. License and fee. [No. 255.] AN ACT to provide for the licensing and regulation of private employment agencies, to provide a penalty for the violation of said act, and to repeal act number three hundred one of the public acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, same being sections five thousand four hundred fifteen to five thousand four hundred twenty-two inclusive of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen. The People of the State of Michigan enact: SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation in this state shall open, operate or maintain a private employment agency after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred twenty-five, where a fee is charged to persons seeking employment, without first obtaining a license for the same from the commissioner of the department of labor and industry and the fee for such license shall be as follows: In all cities having a population of less than 50,000 $25.00 100,000 $50.00 In all cities having a population between 100,000 and $75.00 In all cities having a population of more than When void, form, etc. $100.00 such population to be based on and determined by the last preceding federal census for such cities. Every license shall be void after the thirty-first day of December of the year in which it was issued. The form of the license shall be fixed by the commissioner and it shall be non-transferable. The license may be revoked by the commissioner whenever in his judgment, after full hearing, the licensed agency shall have violated any of the provisions of this act. The commissioner of the department of labor and industry is hereby charged with the enforcement of the terms |